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JoePa testy after reports

STATE COLLEGE — There was a recent addition to Penn State's University Park campus: a new testing center.

Armed with video cameras and a security station, the center is designed, among other things, to curtail cheating.

After a three-day stretch that saw more misbehaving Nittany Lions, maybe Penn State should consider outfitting each of its football players with video surveillance.

It was that bad a weekend (except, of course, for that 27-7 win over Iowa).

To recap:

On Friday evening, players were told that starting running back Austin Scott broke a team rule and would not dress for the next day's game against Iowa and that his future with the team was in doubt. Penn State coach Joe Paterno would not divulge what the team rule was after the game, although published reports have stated that Scott broke curfew.

Later that night, freshman running back Joe Suhey was apprehended for underage drinking, issued a citation, and released to a friend.

Early Sunday morning at a fraternity party on campus at the Hetzel Union Building (HUB), several players were apparently participants in a fight involving five to 10 people. Charges haven't been filed, but Penn State police are investigating, according to assistant police director Tyrone Parham.

Ryan Breen, a freshman punter, was also arrested for underage drinking around 3 a.m. Sunday. He, too, was issued a citation and released to a friend.

While relatively minor, the latest transgressions come on the heels of other incidents involving Penn State football players. In April, there were several arrests after players engaged in an off-campus brawl.

And right before the season started in August, tight end Andrew Quarless and cornerback Andrew Harriott were arrested by Penn State police for underage drinking. Both sophomores were suspended for the first two games of the season.

Answering questions for the first time since immediately following the Iowa game, Paterno was nonplussed about all the attention the episodes have generated. The 80-year-old coach was visibly irate at times over the line of questioning.

"Hey, can we talk about Wisconsin?" Paterno said at his weekly teleconference, referring to the Lions' next opponent. "We're fine. Let me handle (the) football team. As soon as I know enough to make some decisions, I'll make them and that'll be it. You guys want to nitpick."

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